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Queen of the Sun

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Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?
Directed byTaggart Siegel
Produced byJon Betz
CinematographyTaggart Siegel
Edited byTaggart Siegel
Jon Betz
Music byJami Sieber
Production
company
Evan Schiller
Distributed byCollective Eye Films
Release date
  • April 2010 (2010-04)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a 2010 documentary film directed by Taggart Siegel. The film investigates multiple angles of the recent bee epidemic colony collapse disorder. It also explores the historical and contemporary relationship between bees and humans. Featuring interviews from Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, Vandana Shiva, Hugh Wilson, Michael Thiele (former bee keeper at Green Gulch Farm),[1] May Berenbaum, Carlo Petrini and Raj Patel.[1]

Awards

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The film was an official selection of the 2010 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam for the Green Screen Competition.[2] It received the Documentary Audience Award from both the Maui Film Festival and Indie Memphis Film Festival.[3][4] It was 2010 Pare Lorentz Honorable Mention for the International Documentary Association.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Melisa Garden". Themelissagarden.com. 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Niet gevonden | IDFA". Idfa.nl. Archived from the original on 3 November 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2010 Maui Film Festival Audience Awards". Mauifilmfestival.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Indie Memphis". Indie Memphis. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Michael (November 29, 2010). "Int'l Docu Assn. names special kudo winners". Variety.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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